50 Shades of Lipstick 2: Tons of Pinks and Surprisingly Very Few Reds

So back in like June I had this idea of gathering up all my lipsticks and taking a pic of me wearing each one. That was until I realized just how many lipsticks I own. From what I’ve bought over the years, what’s been sent here for the blog, and what I have in my makeup artist kit, I have waaaaaaaay too many to do that. So then I settled on 50 and even trying to decide which colors got to make that list was a lot of work, too…lol. You can see the first 50 Shades of Lipstick Series here.

Then I decide why stop at 50 and decided to do it again!

I enlisted the professional services of my girl Nas of Nasilele Photography and decided to call it 50 Shades of Lipstick but what I really should subtitle it is 50 Hours of Torture…lol. The first set was one helluva process! From picking out the lipsticks that I would use, to writing them all down in a notebook to keep track, to putting FIFTY SHADES OF LIPSTICK ON MY LIPS BACK TO BACK for over a few hours with my lips burning and screaming for help and being stained a melange of the 50 shades for like a day after the shoot—and let’s not even count the time it took for me to pick out which shots I wanted to include as my best shots nor how long it must have taken Nas to go through them and edit them. YIKES! And then came the part of me having to label the files and make sure I didn’t get any shades confused. *PHEW*

But I did it because I know it would help a lot of you deciding on lipstick shades to see it on. I do tons of lipstick reviews and don’t often show the colors on my face because well, trying on lipsticks back to back HURTS…lol. Shoot, even the swatches on my arms can hurt if I get a series of shades in and need to wipe off the previous set of colors. This blogging stuff isn’t as easy and glamorous as it might look, ya know…lol. But that’s where my love of all things beauty and fashion and of course socializing and helping others comes in because I’d do it again—after I get a plastic surgeon to help me put my lips back on after I’m done…lol.

The second time around I tried to make things easier on myself by using a chalkboard to notate which shades were which, but looking at it now, I kinda look like a made-up mugshot…lol. Ah well—it SO made the post work so much easier of labeling the pics.

I tried to stay within a few family colors such as nude, pinks, reds, plums, and wines so that even if a particular brand’s shade wasn’t used, at least you’ll have an idea of what a certain shade would look like. I really hope you guys find this helpful and that if you enjoy this post you’ll share the link on Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, Instagram and such but please tag me and link the blog ;)

I’m releasing these in sets so stay tuned for more!

So today it’s all about the pinks and reds. But there’s very few reds here—WHY—well because I feel like I’ve repped for red so hard (if you click that link it’ll take you to all my red lip color posts) that by now I’m sure you’re all up on the reds–if not go back to my posts—there’s tons of info there :)

Iman Hot, a cream with shine bold orange

Illamasqua Box, a matte true red

Sonia Kashuk Satin Luxe Lip Color in Red Orange, a sheer red orange cream with shine

Iman Flirtatious, a creamy with shine bold pink

tarte Lip Stain in Tipsy, a bubble gum pink (cream with shine finish)

OCC Roller Girl Lip Tar, vibrant lavender purple (Matte)

OCC Lip Tar in Mannequin, malibu pink (Matte)

Milani Power Lip in Raspberry Tart, a pinky berry (Power Lip is a cross between lipstick and lip gloss—very opaque and pigmented glossy color)

Milani Lip Intense Liquid Color in Pink Rave, (very intensely pigmented gloss) a bold magenta

Make Up For Ever #36, a bright bluish pink (cream with shine finish)

MAC Faux Lipstick, a matte baby pink

Iman Kinky Pink, a creamy bright pinky coral

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